year ago. the most opportunities - in healthcare, information technology and customer service. "when you do see big companies showing improvement and small companies too, that's all good news and means we're pointed in the right direction." grasz says it sets the stage for a strong 2013, even as congress prepares to grapple with the so-called "fiscal cliff" of expiring tax cuts and spending programs. "right now, it seems as though business doesn't think washington will be that crazy as to let that the fiscal cliff happen. government will solve this and not force the u.s. into recession." as for the presidential campaigning, for all the talk about healthcare costs and tax cuts, only one in five employers surveyed told careerbuilder that the election's outcome would impact their hiring. the rest said it'd have no effect or weren't sure. but retailers plan to use the holidays as an audition for full-time applicants. john challenger says out of 700,000 holiday hires, 25% will see it lead to a full-time position. on the flip side of all this, layoffs are at their lowest levels in a

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issues that the top court is expected to tackle. but tonight could the healthcare law be back on the agenda? plus the u.s. military suffered its 2,000th death in afghanistan. three more american troops are dead in a bomb attack tonight, what the latest could mean for the america's war. >> and does anybody remember where we parked the car? but first from fox this monday night. the race for the white house both president obama and the republic presidential nominee mitt romney are out west right now getting ready for their first debate this wednesday. there are a total of three presidential debates scheduled. the first one at the university of denver set to focus on domestic issues. it comes as the new national poll from "the washington post and abc news finds president obama leading 499% to 47% nationally. that's well within the margin of error. but national polls don't actually tell it the whole story because this election will be decided by a handful of swing states. both are spending a lot of time and a lot of money president obama is opening up some sleedz. this first debate could

. romney says he raises the full cost. he raises money elsewhere. personal exemptions and healthcare provision -- congress could presume economic growth from lower tax rates need more tax revenues to the treasury. economic growth means romney's plan works. >> it grows the economy so much. about 7.4% in the long run. over ten years. this revenue problem becomes much smaller. >> others like the tax policy center and the congressional budget office do not use overall economic growth as official ways to pay for lower tax rates. mcbride says it is somewhat ridiculous not to do so. there will be some growth from doing it. back to you. melissa: rich, that is so interesting that you got him to quantify the kind of growth we could see with that 7.4%. that is a part of the conversations that get really tough. >> a romney a point to a rise university study. half percentage point to gdp annually over the decade. melissa: great analysis. lori: finally some details did thank you so much. if a lot of people are craving the outcome of the debate last night. but check the markets with nicole petallid

liberals already have. to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll p higher taxes a more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives wl cut taxes on the middlelass. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> you are watching abc7 new 7's good morning washington. this is "good morning washington, on your side. " >> a devastating a landslide in southwest china that. 18 students. rescuers rushed to the scene to try to dig them out. no word on their condition. the area recovering from a deadly earthquake just last month. since then a lot of rain, and the cause of the landslide still not known. >> hillary clinton which is a full inquiry into the deadly attack in libya. the state department denied requests to enhance security of the building. the u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans died in the attack last month. the independent panel is set to

healthcare law is quieting kicking in for millions of seniors. what happens if medicare patients need to go back to the hospital for care. martha: can a recent spike on these horrible attacks in afghanistan force our troops to get out of afghanistan earlier? we'll talk to jack keane about that. we'll be right back. martha: 20 people have been hurt in california after a truck slammed into an amtrak train. most of the injuries are said to be minor. >> the train started going down. the noise was extra loud. and smoke -- we thought it was smoke about it was dust. >> my mother called hysterically that the strain overturned. and my niece and her newborn baby are on that train. martha: police say it did occur at a crossing equipped with gates to stop traffic. bill: millions of americans can be affected by a little known piece of the president's healthcare law. hospitals face big fines if medicare patients have to be readmitted within 30 days. one in five medicare patients have to go back to the hospital for care. dr. siegel, good morning to you. what was the intent in this provision of the law?

happened with the school system in massachusetts. >> he was very proud to talk about healthcare and more importantly, when they asked the question about what would you do to change the environment in the cooperation, absence thereof in washington, he literally talked about how he did it and with 70% of the people being democrats who have the job. >> okay. is this -- what are the conservatives doing about this and this is mitt romney's move to the middle? >> they will grit their teeth and appreciate it as long as he's moving upwards in the polls. we don't know if he's going to get a bounce at all from the debate. we'll see in a couple of days. >> and this is -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> win, baby, win, baby. >> this is the new mitt romney and the win, baby, win. it's the al davis philosophy. just win, davis. >> no matter what, i believe he gets a bump, and i believe that bump will come from the crisp nature of his responses. he sounded like the common man. he did not sound like bain capital exploiting everyone who is part of a everyone in% for the 3%. he sounded like the guy from t

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with respect to jobs and an economic plan, healthcare and a lot of other domestic issues. now we switch to domestic and foreign policy. ryan is a numbers guy. how do you think he'll match up to vice president biden when it comes to the economy first, foreign policy second? >> i think it will be an even match. biden was in the senate 36 years so he has a very good understanding of federal issues as well. but paul ryan jokes about how he's been reading federal budgets since he was 22 years old. so they both have a very long backlog of data they can use. i think they'll be evenly match. >> what's your word of caution for each with 30 days to go? >> don't get overconfident for both sides. >> that's good. all right. erin, always great to talk to you. heating up, getting really close. we'll talk to you again. >> sounds good. >> you don't want to miss the first vice presidential debate. i'll be sitting in front of the tv. joe biden squaring off against paul ryan and this this is the e to tune in live. that happens on october 11, 9:00 p.m. tune in a few minutes more. lots of commentary t

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healthcare costs. >> former white house press secretary robert gibbs today also touched on the jack welch tweet. >> you wonder why institutions in this country are the perception of institutions in the country are failing because people go on tv and make stuff up. ask for the evidence and he said he had none. >> we continue to make progress. 31 consecutive months of private sector job growth. certainly we are not where we want to be. >> many analysts who combed through the unemployment data released attribute the decline to a big increase in part-time work. people looking for full-time jobs unable to find them and they are settling for part-time jobs. there were some 582,000 new part-time jobs created last month. the bureau of labor statistics categorizes the number as "part time for economic reasons." not exactly a vote of confidence in the state of the economy, shannon. >> shannon: all right, doug. a lot more on the numbers. we will break them down later with ben stein, well known economist and author and humorist as well. we might need a little bit of that. thank you, doug. is th

point revisit the president's healthcare law. how about that? she joins us live next. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. an early morning scuffle apparent lee with a former congressional aid at a new york city hotel. gregg: surprise. jenna: lindsey getting involved in politics here one way or another. patti ann has the latest for us. >> yes, lohan reportedly met 25-year-old christian labella at a pha* manhattan hot spot early sunday morning. they went back to the hotel where lohan was staying. at some point she looked at his cellphone and discovered photos and videos of herself taken earlier in the night. she demanded that he delete them, he refused there was a scuffle. lohan pulled the fire alarm and 911 was called. she told police he grabbed her, threw her on the bed and choked her until her assistant had to pry him away. labella was arrested and charged

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government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxe on the middle class. and they'll cse loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney d i approve this message. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> candidates have never lost an -- one an election with a debate but what if you have lost them up the candidates share the spotlight in the first presidential debate before the election. >> leave yourself extra time this morning because it is foggy. this is in frostburg maryland but it is all across the area. good morning washington not it is wednesday, october 3. >> we will check in with meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> take a look at this camera on top of our building and that is the visibility which has improved. there is four miles visibility there but everyone else has only about 1/10th of a mile of visibility. we have a

first presidential debate from the economy to healthcare to funding for big bird. we'll have highlights and reaction in a live report. >>> good morning, everybody, i'm taupie perkins. >> i'm allison seymour. welcome to fox 5 morning news. happy you're with us today. >> we're also happy to have tucker barnes with us to tell us what we've got in store for today. yesterday was like a summer day, hot and muggy. >> yeah, it was muggy too, i really noticed the humidity. humidity is still with us this morning, we've got some cloud cover, couple of light showers moving through and gradually improvement today. so that's the word of the day, gradually improvement. >> i thought there was going to be some sunshine, i was waiting. i didn't get any in my neighborhood yesterday. >> you didn't? >> no. >> i was at the nationals game and we did get some, from time to time. it wasn't a beautiful day. today won't be either, but the trend is more sunshine as we get into the late afternoon. there's a live look at your radar. the heaviest rain and much of it is honestly very light and not even touching the gr

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! minuteclinic, the medical clinic in cvs/pharmacy. accepts united healthcare benefit plans. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. mass casualties this morning in syria. now the latest from jummy olabanji. >> you're just getting these pictures from the associated press and reporters on the ground in syria. this is one image that shows two peoples to be street.down the you see all the damage and destruction. another picture shows people to assist one of the killed in the deadly bombings. three separate attacks this in the aleppo section of syria. 27 dead and more than 70 d.jure buildings destroyed. this is what it looks like in syria. we're just getting these videos from the associated press. we hope to get more information the deadly situation that's on several weeks now. we hope to have that later in the newscast. back to you. >> thank you. we will take a look at because weoutside, fog.a lot of dense fog advisory in effect in maryland and extreme virginia, were visibilities will be down 2 1/4 times. less at we don't have advisories for the immediate metro area, but we do fog. that will b

healthcare. we lose sight of that every time to talk about this. i think it is important the acknowledge this is larger than just an american problem. >> i want to add something to what you just talked about, specifically when it comes to the conduct of soldiers when they come home. there is a percentage of soldiers who engage in various activities that the military levels as misconduct, such as alcohol related offenses, drinking, substance abuse, drug- related offenses. those are misconduct in the military. so the process of helping those who come home and need help and appropriate care should not be confused with diminishing or degrading the system of accountability within the military. the military heavily depends on what is commonly referred to as the good order and discipline of the military. all of us in my field where we work, i acknowledge -- where i work, we of knowledge that. someone who is not able to receive the proper inappropriate treatment or individually tailored treatment they need, they resort to things like self medicating. the science has proven, research has proven this i

threatening. ask your healthcare provider about alcohol use, operating machinery, or driving. other possible side effects include injection site reactions. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions. get medical help right away if you experience serious allergic reactions, such as body rash, trouble with breathing, fast heartbeat, or sweating. with flexpen®... say good night to vial and syringe. ask your doctor about levemir® flexpen. covered by 90% of insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay at myflexpen.com. >> fbi agents, u.s. special forces as well, are in libya today. it's been more than three weeks since four americans were killed in a rocket attack on the u.s. consulate in bengauze where i. one of those killed, of course, the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. the fbi says inadequate security prevented them from starting their investigation in benghazi before now. [ chanting ] >> angry, frustrated people feeling powerless to stop the civil war in syria. this is hama. this is where opposition groups say mo

the dow jones industrial average. let's take a look at united healthcare how it is faring. up over half a percent right now. this on the same day that united health is going to buy most of a brazil company, health insurers and also hospital operators. 4.9 billion dollars deal. gives them 90% stake in this company. of course we've talked about such a challenging environment here in the u.s. and it cease the third deal that we've heard in the health insurers business. we also heard of aetna, buying controversy -- buy buy coventry health. there's really consolidation in this industry. let's take a look at dow s&p nasdaq. the dow is down about 35 points right now. the s&p 500 down just under 1/2%. the tech heavy nasdaq down 3/4 of 1%. dagen and connell? dagen: thank you very much nicole. here is the number most debate watchers have been waiting for. gallup shows that some historic results developed after americans watched last wednesday's presidential debalt. -- debate. 72% gave it to governor romney. only 20% of those who watched thought the president did a better job. romney's 52 poi

and healthcare. so what we are saying is people are going to get lower tax rates and therefore they will not send as much money to washington and they will keep it and decide for themselves. when we have done this we created economic growth. >> chris: suppose that the doubters are right and president romney takes office and the math doesn't add up. >> i have run them in congress and they do. >> chris: let's assume it doesn't. the question is what is most important to romney? kale bacscale back in the 20% r the wealthy or scale back and say we have to raise taxes for the middle class? the question is what is most important to him in the tax reform plan? >> keeping tax rates down by lowering tax rates people keep more of the next dollar that they earn. that matters. sin cent ives and progrowth policy and creates 7 million jobs. >> chris: that is more important. >> more important than anything. and it is not what deductions are in the tax code but who gets them and don't forget that the higher income people have a disproportionate amount of the loopholes that they use. when you close a

is with the vast majority of americans said they wanted during the healthcare debate. there were some 70% of people are more and majority of doctors saying, we want a single pair medicare for all system. president obama and his compatriots there were colluding with the insurance companies would not even let the single payer medicare for all proposal see the light of day. the president folded even on the idea of a public auction. it was an enormous betrayal of the public interest so that they could please the for-profit insurance companies that has such a stranglehold on our congress and now on the white house. >> dr. jill stein, this is your profession, health care. >> that's right, it's my profession read this is where i live. i live in the state of massachusetts. i have seen the affordable care act. we also call it romneycare or obamacare, take your pick. we have seen their rollout. what we have seen is the affordable care act actually in the flesh is neither affordable nor caring, because in fact, it provides stripped-down plans which are fairly expensive unless you are in a v

done there with regards to moving our claims forward and expanding healthcare for our veterans. and a special thank you to the have. i know we're always trying to hold them accountable. sometimes we have to push them extra. one thing they did for alaska veterans t. v.a. in historic act of cooperation are now ensuring that veterans who are in rural alaska which in some cases 80% of our communities are not accessible by roads so they can't get in the vern van and go to the clinic, you have to fly and that could be $1,000 or more. but now veterans no matter where they live, they're going to get access to quality helingts care. and that is a huge step for all of our veterans in alaska. thanks to your organization for 130ring that effort and thanks to the v.a. for being invatetive in their efforts. i'll listen to the continued testimony. >> thank you i'd like to recognize my friend from sh arkansas, senator boozman. >> thank you. it really is good to be with you. many of you know that i served in the house for a number of years and served with these guys for a long long time and there is

presentta tive healthcare system and making sure we end discrimination on insurance and making sure people are covered is going to be good for business. >> i've been pretty clear about my position on life. we can talk about it now or another time. with regard to judges senator, i think maybe at some point we'll talk about the judge that you held up for so long. but the question at hand was the affordable care act. well, listen, there is no question that we've got big challenges in our country and there are elements of so-called obama care. e i saw last night he didn't mind it last night referred that way. and i've supported them here in new jersey. people with preexisting illnesses should be covered. young adults should have some time perhaps to stay on their parent's policies. but this law comes at a very very high cost. 20 new taxes, $716 billion out of medicare. it's not right senator. >> the next question. >> early in the debate you said as you often do that this country has experienced 43 months of over 8% unemployment and on your website under joe's plan you say in new jersey

government. whether it was education, taxes, healthcare, green energy, more government, more government, more government. bill: the mayor says he praises governor romney for his performance. martha: they are paying attention in the key battleground state of ohio. this has been a tough territory ohio for the past couple weeks for mitt romney in the polls. some voters hit the local bars. their we action a bit split. watch. >> you have got four more years of obama or 8 years of romney. you can do four years fast. eight years is a long time. >> this is the first time they have seen them side by side and they are learning a lot here. i think romney exposed a lot of obama's weaknesses. and deficiencies. so i would give the slight edge to romney. martha: wisdom come be from those gentlemen. some in the crowd did not care what either candidate had to say. one man said he already made up his mind and he voted early. that changes the die ma'am nick a lot of these cases as well. coming up, is it a new day for mitt romney? that is the big question. he did well last night but will it change the game

healthcare. i don't want them to tell me that i can't go to a-- my own doctor. and right now my family physician has a sign in the window that says, no obamacare. i'm scared. >> reporter: go ahead, chastity. >> but i think at the end of the day government is there like they said to kind of protect us. i'm not saying that it should take over completely, no, because we are democracy. we do have free reign, we, we are the deciding factor in our community or in our nation, but they should step in and like, president obama said that i do like, and i agree with is that they should set the framework in how it should be done and what needs to be taken care of. >> reporter: was this worthwhile as an exercise? was it worthwhile for six american voters to sit down and watch this thing? are you going to watch the rest of them along the way? so you're gluttons for punishment. thank you all for joining me and thanks for watching with me and it was a very interesting evening. thank you very much. >> woodruff: and for more debate reaction, we turn to margaret warner. >> warner: for that, we tur

first three on the economy. then healthcare. then the role of government. and finally governing. president obama will go first. won the coin toss. governor romney will have the last word. organizers say they decided that and today we got a preview of the game plan from both sides here on fox news channel. starting with the president's campaign. >> well, we're overcoming what was the worst recession since the great depression. we have made a lot of progress. we are losing 800,000 jobs a month. obviously we have created 5 million jobs. he will talk about the progress we have made and lay out a road map to create good paying sustainable jobs for the middle class. >> we have seen record unemployment for 43 consecutive months. 47 million americans on food stamps. one in six in poverty. if that's progress i hate to see what the next four years look like. >> shepard: well, as i mentioned, the president and governor romney will probably be speaking to the biggest tv audience of the campaign. four years ago on this night, 52 million americans watched the first presidential debate between